Legal Opinion

Kittrell v. Scarborough

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 24, 1971No. 1 Div. 670PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree fixing. a disputed boundary line at the plat or map line between the coterminous owners. We affirm.

The appellees, residents of South Carolina, filed a bill of complaint against J. E. Kittrell and wife, charging that the respondents had placed four house trailers partially on their land; that this constituted a continual nuisance, encroachment and trespass, and that same should be abated or discontinued.

Respondents’ answer claimed the property occupied under adverse possession for ten years, or by prescription of twenty years.

It is conceded by all…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Lay v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
  2. McNeil v. HaddenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  3. Christian v. ReedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  4. Branyon v. KirkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  5. Sylvest v. StowersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Kerlin v. Tensaw Land & Timber Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  2. Crigger v. Florida Power Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  3. Derrill v. DillardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  4. Scott v. BracySupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  5. Able v. LawsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988

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